Andy:

Did you catch this? What about the Ferruginous Hawks she reports?

Hal
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At 9:45 PM -0400 08/19/99, MBlanchrd at aol.com wrote:
>Hi, Tweets,
>
> On my weekly trip to Yakima Training Center, I saw a whole lot of raptors,
>on the trip there and back.
> Heading there, we took Canyon Road and saw several bald eagles, an osprey
>and what MAY have been peregrines in the rocks, though I will NOT say for
>sure that's what they were.
>Coming back was almost as good. We took the scenic route back, taking Wenas
>Rd out of Yakima into the LT Murray Wildlife area. Again, kestrels
>everywhere, a pair of sharpshinneds, a harrier, and wonder of wonders, a pair
>of Ferruginous hawks sitting on power poles just south of Wenas Lake. The
>female took flight almost immediately when we stopped the car, but the male
>looked at us with curiousity. He was still sitting there when we left.
>We also saw a lot of neato birds on the Training Center..horned larks, a pair
>of sage grouse, ravens, California quail and a red tailed hawk soaring along
>Coal Creek road.
>All in all not a bad day's birding, and all on company time!
>Michelle
>Littlerock, WA